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Chapter 16: Mexico. Upper House: Senate-128 Lower House : Chamber of Dep-500 Members.
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Upper House: Senate-128 Lower House: Chamber of Dep-500 Members
Electoral system: Mixed, both houses have some members that are elected by plurality vote in single member districts, while others by proportional representation. Due to having a mixed system, Mexico has a three party system in which most of the regions now have two party systems but nationally the vote is split into three
Power of Pres • He or she may freely appoint and dismiss cabinet officials and almost all employees of the executive branch. • In addition to the appointment of ambassadors, consuls general, magistrates of the Supreme Court, and the mayor of the Federal District Presidential appointment authority also extends downward through the federal bureaucracy to a wide assortment of midlevel offices in the secretariats, other cabinet-level agencies, semiautonomous agencies, and parastatal (see Glossary) enterprises
Power of Pres Can't • Destape-The Unveiling